Rodrigo Baravalle
Manager, Software Mapping And Planning at iRobot
Winchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRodrigo Baravalle is a software leader and researcher with a PhD in Computational Science and over a decade of experience building data-driven robotics, computer vision, and geometry-processing systems. Currently managing a team at iRobot, he combines hands-on engineering with people leadership to deliver mapping, planning, and image-processing solutions used in consumer robotics. His background spans academic research—procedural geometry, photorealistic material modeling, and ML for biological classification—to industry production work in SLAM and analytics, demonstrating a rare bridge between theory and deployed products. Rodrigo has progressed through technical roles into management at the same company, evidencing both deep domain expertise and sustained impact across projects. Based in Winchester, UK, he thrives on cross-functional collaboration and continuously adapting new techniques from research into real-world robot software. An understated strength is his history of turning academic algorithms into scalable, production-grade systems that improve millions of end users’ daily lives.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Science at Universidad Nacional de Rosario
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
python6
multidimensional-arrays6
gradient6
numpy6
image-processing6
image6
Github contributions (5)
rbaravalle/webgl-volumetric
Jan 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:17 commits in 1 year 2 months
rbaravalle/imfractal
Oct 2012 - Feb 2018
Contributions:147 commits, 105 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 4 months
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